Solution of the Retiring Search Problem

The well-known variational principle of the optimal distribution of search effort is applied to the case where the sought-for target has been located momentarily but the search cannot begin until a time T o later, during which interval the target may or may not move. The optimal search path, called...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morse, Philip M., 1903-
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5150